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L. J. BORIE. APPARATUS FOR HANDLING PULP IN WINE MAKING.

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APPARATUS FOR HANDLING PULP IN WINE MAKING.

No. 588,215., Patented Aug. 17,1897.

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LOUIS JULES BORIE, OF SAN FRANCIS CO, CALIFORNIA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 588,215, dated August17, 1897.

Application filed October 17 1896. Serial No. 609,208. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it know-n that I, LoUIs J ULES BORIE, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of San Francisco and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inApparatus for Handling the Pulp or Product of the Crusher inWine-Making, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in 1 handling and distributingthe pulp or crushed grapes from the crusher in the manufacture of wine,and the same has for its object to simplify the labor, to secure greatercleanliness in the preliminary operation of converting the grapes intopulp, and conveying that product to the fermenting tanks or receptacles,and to reduce the expense and the waste of material. attending this partof the general process or operation of wine-making as followed at thepresent time.

The nature of my said improvement and the advantage which I secure bythe same will be better understood by a brief reference to the meansemployed prior to the date of my invention.

Heretofore in the crushing operation it has been the practice to carryaway the pulp from the crusher to the fermenting-tanks in open sluicesplaced at proper inclination to cause the pulp to travel by gravity fromthe crusher to the tanks, the crusher being placed in the top story ofthe winery at a considerable distance from the ground-floor, on whichthe tanks are situated,in order to obtain the necessary fall, and thegrapesbeing raised from the ground to the crusher above by means of anelevator. .This modeof carrying on the crushing operation is attendedwith several objections. It is clumsy and laborious. It is more or lessexpensive both in the amount of labor consumed in handling the grapes onone hand and the pulp on the other and in the waste of the material, andowing to the exposure of the pulp to the atmosphere in its course fromthe crusher to the tanksit is more or less unclean.

As an improvement on such prior mode my present invention consists inthe described construction and arrangement of apparatus for handling andconveying. the pulp from the crusher to the vats or fermenting-tanks,

as hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claims, reference beinghad to the drawings that accompany and form part of this specification.

Figure 1 isa general view, in side elevation, of the apparatus; Fig. 2,an elevation of a special construction of pump which I have devised forthe purpose; and Fig. 3, a vertical section of the pump, on an enlargedscale.

A indicates a grape-crusher of anysuitable construction; B, thefermenting-tanks; C, a suction and force pump situated in position closeto the crusher, so that the pulp is discharged from the crusher into ahopper O, that feeds the pulp to the pump.

D is a pipe or hose connected to the discharge end of the pump and laidfrom it to the tanks, which maybe located at anypoint more or lessdistant.

G is a platform from which the grapes are fed to the crusher.

X indicates the framework of the building within which the apparatus isarranged for operation.

The pump and the crusher may be run from the same power-actuated shaftby proper connect-ion of the said parts with that shaft.

A pump of the suction-and-force type is employed, but for handling thisproduct or material I have devised a pump of peculiar construction thatwill be found specially adapted for forcing this material through a hoseor pipe. The construction and operation of this pump will be understoodfrom Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings.

The body 1 of the pump is cylindrical, with a conical lower end 2,having a central outlet 3 in the bottom and a cylindrical enlargementbeneath the conical portion forming a chamber greater in circumferencethan such outlet. Thischambercontainsasphericalcheckvalve 4:, for whicha seat 5 at the top of the cylindrical chamber is formed around theaperture 3, and to the bottom of the chamber is bolted a flanged headprovided with a screwthreaded coupling 6 for connecting to the outlet inthe bottom of this chamber a pipe or hose D. Over the center of the opentop of this pump-cylinder a tubular guide 7 is supported by radial armsor ribs that unite the guide with a ring or circular flange resting onthe flanged rim of the cylinder to which it is portion across whichthese arms extend the tures 9 above and the conical chamber and bolted.Two of these arms or ribs with stand- 1 1 8 works in this guide andcarries on the lower ing webs taper'from the guide 7, where they are ofequal depth with the guide down to the top face of the ring, as shown inFig. 3, where the section is taken through the guide 7 and through thearms or ribs. Excepting for that top of the cylinder is open. 'Thepiston-rod end a piston 13 without valves fitted to work closely in thecylinder, the upper end being connected with a crank-shaft 17 by aconnecting-rod 11, by means of which the piston is moved.

In the sides of the cylindrical body of the pump at a short distancebelow the head are large apertures 9 9, and at the bottom line of theseopenings a circular plate or broad flange 10 extends horizontallyoutward around the body of the cylinder and flush with the bottom edgesof the apertures. This flange 10 forms the floor of a hopper G, thesides 12 of which are carried upward from the flange with an inclinationoutward to a greater or less height above the top of the pumpcylinder,so that the pump-body extends through the bottom of the hopper with theinlet-aperoutlet below the hopper-bottom.

In the side of the pump-body just above the conical lower portion is anair-inlet 14, fitted with a short tube in which is a checkvalve 15 and astop-cock 16. This inlet and its fittings operate in conjunction withthe check-valve 4 to create in every upward movement of the piston madefrom the lowest point up to the lower edge of these apertures 9 apartial exhaust or vacuum sufficient in degree to cause the pulp ormatter in the hopper to flow into the cylinder as soon as the bottomedge of the piston passes above the lower edge of the apertures 9 andthus produce an inflow of the material from the hopper without the useof mechanical devices or the necessity of feeding by hand. From thenature or character of the material as it comes from the crusher it isdiflicult to produce a flow or movement of the material from the hopperinto the pump, and without the use of some means to force it into thecylinder it will choke in the inlet-apertures and will not move when thepiston rises above the inlets, and this I overcome by closing theopening in the bottom of the cylinder at the upstroke by a check-valve 4and admitting at such time only a comparatively small quantity of airthrough the air-inlet 14 and only sulficient to prevent the piston fromworking too stifii y in the upstroke.

The valve 1 isformed of a light ball, which allows the pulp to readilypass through the valve-chamber, and is lifted quickly to its seat andheld by the back pressure as the piston moves upward.

In the downstroke of the piston the ball- Valve is kept away from theoutlet by the stops 18 on the sides of the valve-chamber.

The stroke of the piston is about equal to the length of the cylindricalchamber of the pump-body, and at the end of its upstroke it clears theinlet-apertures 9.

For the conductor D either a rubber hose or metal pipe may be used. Theflexible hose has the advantage of being changed from one point ofdischarge to another, so that when one tank or vat is filled the hosecan be readily carried to another tank.

By this arrangement of apparatus it will be seen that the expense ofoperating an elevator is avoided and the cost of the same, together withthe cost of inclined sluices, is overcome. The pulp is handled also morequickly,with greater cleanliness, and at much less expense in time andlabor than has been possible with the apparatus heretofore provided, andthe waste of must or liquid that accompanies the present mode ofhandling and conveying that material is entirely avoided.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of a hopper, a pumpcylinder situated within thehopper having inlet-apertures on a level with the hopperbottom and anoutlet in the bottom having a coupling for a hose, a valve-chamber inthe pump-body above said outlet, an upwardlyacting check-valve in saidchamber, a reciprocating piston and piston-rod, and an airinlet in theside of the cylinder located above the level of the seat of the cylindercheckvalve and provided with a check-valve and a stop-cock, as describedfor operation as set forth.

2. The combination, with a pump-cylinder having a reciprocating pistonand provided with inlet-apertu res at or near the top, anoutlet-aperture in the bottom and an upwardlyacting check-valvecontrolling said outlet; of an air-inlet aperture located in thelowerpart of the cylinder above the seat of the cylinder check-valve and acheck-valve and stop-cock for controlling said air-inlet, for operationas set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand andseal.

LOUIS JULES BORIE. [L. s]

Vitnesses:

EDWVARD E. OSBORN, M. REGNER.

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